How a Jaguar XF Sportbrake shows estates can be voluptuous too

Here’s all we need to know about Jaguar XF Sportbrake, including a XF Sportbrake’s recover date, specs, features, cost – and what it’s like to drive.

While everyone’s articulate about Jag’s F-Pace and arriving E-Pace SUV range, a new Jaguar XF Sportbrake (their imagination name for an Estate car) might have been in your blind spot. It’s stylish, sensible, and a ton of fun to drive.

Jaguar XF Sportbrake: Space

The new second-generation XF Sportbrake starts from £34,910 (2.0d 163ps Prestige Manual) and is all about legroom, foot space and luxury. It’s a small shorter than a prior indication (6mm to be exact), yet a wheelbase has been extended by 51mm, so we get some-more legroom and a atmospheric 565-litre foot (1,700 lires with lowered back seats).

Jaguar XF Sportbrake: Design

The pattern is formed on Jaguar’s XF Saloon, yet a Sportbrake looks longer (despite pity a identical altogether length) interjection to a swept-back roofline and back spoiler. The wrap-around LED taillights are desirous by a F-Pace, and give it a broader, some-more difficult look. I’m a large fan of a design, and a Sportbrake proves estate cars don’t have to demeanour lifeless and utilitarian.

The XF Sportbrake’s aluminium physique is lighter and stiffer than it’s predecessor, that improves doing and agility. Driving it on a circuitous roads of northern Portugal (outside Porto, to be exact), a AWD Sportbrake was both nimble and absolute – we fast forgot we was pushing a five-metre-long estate car.

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Jaguar XF Sportbrake: Engine

In a UK and EU, there are 5 engine models to select from. The operation starts with a 163PS 2.0 litre diesel (manual/automatic, RWD), with a top-spec sporting a 300PS 3.0 litre V6 diesel (automatic, RWD).

My engine of choice is a 2.0 litre 180PS diesel, that was noticeably some-more manageable and torque-y than a comparatively dull 2.0 litre petrol.

Jaguar XF Sportbrake: Interior

After a 700-kilometre drive, we came divided tender by a comfort and peculiarity of a Sportbrake’s cabin, with a soft-leather trim and colour-matched stitching giving it a reward aesthetic. If you’re pushing prolonged distances, opt for one of a dual tip trims (Portfolio and S) that underline entirely electric tractable driver’s seats, lumbar support and an overwhelming 380W sound system.

There’s dual infotainment systems on offer, in 8-inch and 10-inch shade sizes. They’re both touchscreen and have sat-nav built-in. It’s easy to use (less difficult than Audi’s MMI interface), yet a touchscreen doesn’t feel a many manageable – mostly holding dual to 3 seconds for any press to register.

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I’m a large fan of a discretionary heads-up arrangement though, that showcases your speed and simple navigation on your windscreen. Any record that helps we keep your eyes on a highway is a and in my book.

You can also spec a XF Sportbrake with a 12.3-inch instrument cluster (digital dash), that we consider creates a cockpit feel a lot some-more futuristic, and can be customised to uncover several instruments or full shade sat-nav.

The Jaguar XF Sportbrake offers both form and function, charity a large boot, atmospheric cabin and good handling. The XF Sportbrake starts from £34,910 and is accessible to sequence now.

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